The dairy industry is one step closer to having a vaccine available for highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1).

For example, suppose a farmer sells a futures contract of Class III milk for November 2024 at $21.79 per cwt. If USDA ...

What is the value of a health monitoring technology system? That’s the one million question dairy farmers must weigh when ...

The colostrum drum has been beaten religiously for years because of its significance to the calf and future of the herd. It ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is a type of avian influenza virus that was first detected in dairy cattle in March ...

Mitigating enteric methane emissions could benefit producers by improving energy and feed utilization. Methane is a natural ...

Unless you are a sole proprietor, Rugh urged farmers to keep separate business and personal checkbooks to avoid mixing money.

I wrote about how the U.S. dairy market is in a Goldilocks period: production is weak and demand is not great, but it is good enough to keep milk prices at profitable levels given the poor production.

Celebrating our daughter’s first birthday party along with several family weddings in recent weeks not only meant we were extremely busy keeping up with chores and being gone, but it also meant we had ...

The author is the dairy markets and policy outreach specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The dairy market in 2024 has been characterized by a delicate balance between supply and demand.

The dairy farmer’s tools for managing their herd’s reproduction continue to advance, and this book will help you understand and utilize them. In addition to chapters on economics, anatomy and ...

The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.” - John F. Kennedy Its wild right? The other day, I ran into a ...